St Attractas N.S.
Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon · F45 H367 · Roll number 19980S
St Attractas N.S. is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballaghaderreen. Every school in and around Ballaghaderreen →
What stands out about St Attractas N.S.
- One of the larger primary schools: 281 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 281 pupils, 19% more than the 236 of 2019/20.
- In DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Achonry; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only primary school in Ballaghaderreen or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Attractas N.S. had 281 pupils in 2025/26, against 232 in 2015/16 (+21%). Girls are 49% of them. Its largest roll was 282, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for St Attractas N.S.
Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing schools by them, so this school has no letter and nothing here ranks it. Its facts are the Department of Education’s; its inspection reports are linked below.
What the Department of Education does publish for St Attractas N.S. is on this page: its pupils each September since 2015/16, girls and boys, its patron and ethos, whether it teaches through Irish, whether it is in DEIS, and its inspection reports.
Newspapers print lists of how many of a school’s leavers go on to college. Those count destinations, not exam results, and depend on who a school takes in; we don’t use them.
Inspection reports on St Attractas N.S.
The Department of Education’s Inspectorate visits schools and publishes its reports. The reports describe what inspectors saw; they give no overall grade, and we don’t make one. Reports for this school on gov.ie ↗
Inspectors visit every kind of school. Whole-school evaluations look at teaching and learning, leadership and management; subject inspections look at one subject; follow-through inspections check whether earlier advice was taken. Each report is published on gov.ie with the school’s response.
Getting a place at St Attractas N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to St Attractas N.S. directly. Children can start once they are four and must be in school by six; the school’s yearly admission notice gives the dates for applying and for its decisions.
A school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its admission policy, often brothers and sisters, the area it serves and, for post-primary schools, its feeder primaries. A family refused a place can appeal.
It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: St Attractas N.S. has grown by 19% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ballaghaderreen together changed by +10%.
Pupils since 2019/20
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).
Side by side with the nearest primary schools
2025/26The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.
St Attractas N.S. has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +19%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Attractas N.S. | 281 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| S.N. Brusna | 66 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.1 km |
| Kilmovee N.S. | 51 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| Don N.S. | 38 | −33% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| S.N. Lios A Cuill M | 94 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| Tibohine N.S. | 56 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.8 km |
| St Colmans N.S. | 34 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.6 km |
The other 81 primary schools in Co. Roscommon
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Mhuire Lourdes | 57 | +36% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| Fairymount N.S. | 39 | +34% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.1 km |
| Gorthaganny N.S. | 45 | −45% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 104 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Cloonbonnif N.S. | 24 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Naomh Atrachta | 36 | −8% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Ballanagare N.S. | 57 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| St Annes Con N.S. | 141 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| S.N. Pol Naofa | 66 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Carrick Mixed N.S. | 80 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Tarmon N.S. | 276 | +54% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Ballinlough N.S. | 35 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Grange N.S. | 32 | +10% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 47 | +57% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Threen N.S. | 35 | −8% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Paroisteach | 24 | +4% | Church of Ireland | English | 21 km | |
| Abbey Primary School | 427 | – | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Granlahan G N.S. | 46 | +18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Castleplunkett N.S. | 44 | −19% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| St. Bride's N.S. | 89 | +2% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Cruachain | 173 | −2% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Treasa | 89 | −2% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Clooniquin N.S. | 44 | +26% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Cloonfad N.S. | 125 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Tulsk N.S. | 77 | −10% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Abbeycarton N.S. | 138 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| S.N. Michil Naofa | 24 | −4% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| N Micheal agus Padraig | 156 | +27% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ceitheach | 13 | −55% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Aughrim N.S. | 31 | −24% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Lisaniskey N.S. | 108 | +11% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 22 | −39% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| S.N. Cill Trostain | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde | 126 | +18% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Cill Ronain | 37 | +68% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Mhuire | 9 | – | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| St Mary's Primary | 136 | +9% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 44 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Clover Hill N.S. | 51 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Dangan NS | 92 | +12% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 18 | −40% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Ciaran Naofa | 60 | −19% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Lasair Naofa | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Clooncagh N.S. | 20 | −26% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Baile Ui Fhidhne | 96 | −2% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Strabaggan N.S. | 25 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Roxboro N.S. | 226 | +10% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| St Cóman's Wood Primary School | 605 | −5% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Gaelscoil de hIde | 149 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | 40 km | |
| S.N. O Dubhlain | 15 | −55% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Slatta N.S. | 8 | −69% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Kilteevan N.S. | 32 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Athleague N.S. | 105 | +40% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Cloontuskert National School | 82 | +28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Rooskey N.S. | 160 | +33% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Cloonfour N.S. | 42 | +75% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Whitehall N.S. | 93 | −23% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Mount Talbot N.S. | 24 | – | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Seosamh | 121 | +7% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Chrocaire | 136 | −14% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Tisrara National School | 54 | +29% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| S.N. Rath Aradh | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Ballyforan Mixed N.S. | 59 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| Lismoil N.S. | 12 | – | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Lecarrow Community National School | 28 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 54 km | |
| Ballintleva N.S. | 46 | −19% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| S.N. an Gleann Duibh | 147 | +10% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| Carrick N.S. | 41 | −40% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal | 13 | – | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| Brideswell N.S. | 68 | +17% | Catholic | English | 60 km | |
| Ballybay National School | 224 | +7% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| Taughmaconnell N.S. | 105 | +2% | Catholic | English | 63 km | |
| S.N. Ronain | 34 | −8% | Catholic | English | 63 km | |
| S N Cluain na Cille | 399 | −7% | Catholic | English | 65 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire, | 115 | +25% | Catholic | English | 65 km | |
| S.N. Ard Cianain | 77 | −25% | Catholic | English | 67 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Samhraidh | 223 | −16% | Catholic | English | 67 km | |
| S N Cor na Fola B | 223 | −8% | Catholic | English | 70 km | |
| Camcloon N.S. | 55 | −15% | Catholic | English | 70 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ciaran | 107 | +0% | Catholic | English | 71 km | |
| Clonown N.S. | 28 | −3% | Catholic | English | 73 km |
Living in Ballaghaderreen
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Homes in the F45 Eircode area
Housing in Ballaghaderreen →The median sale price rose from €135,000 in 2023 to €155,000 in 2025 (+15%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the F45 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Ballaghaderreen
Cost of living in Ballaghaderreen →New tenancies in Ballaghaderreen averaged €777 a month in 2025, against €765 in 2024 (+2%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Ballaghaderreen, F45 H367
Primary schools near St Attractas N.S.
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about St Attractas N.S.
Is St Attractas N.S. a good school?
We don’t grade it: Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them. Its inspection reports on gov.ie, a visit and a talk with the principal will tell you more than any table could.
How many pupils does St Attractas N.S. have?
281 pupils in 2025/26. That is +19% since 2019/20.
Does St Attractas N.S. teach through Irish?
No: St Attractas N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Attractas N.S.?
St Attractas N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Achonry.
How do pupils get a place at St Attractas N.S.?
Apply to the school directly. It publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates; if more children apply than it has places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.
Which schools of the same kind are near St Attractas N.S.?
The nearest are S.N. Brusna (4.1 km), Kilmovee N.S. (4.6 km) and Don N.S. (5.1 km).
Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · inspection reports on gov.ie, linked by roll number. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Facts from the Department of Education’s school lists. Listed with Ballaghaderreen; nothing here rates the school.
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).